#2C165B#2C165B

#2C165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.116 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C165B
RGB	rgb(44, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.76, 29.09, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.76, 47.43, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(27.8% 0.0427 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(27.8% 0.116 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2134, 1.8645, 10.0861)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C165B #455B16

analogous

#16235B #2C165B #4F165B

triadic

#2C165B #5B2C16 #165B2C

tetradic

#2C165B #5B1623 #455B16 #165B4F

square

#2C165B #5B1623 #455B16 #165B4F

split-complementary

#2C165B #5B4F16 #235B16

monochromatic

#0C0619 #140A2A #2C165B #44228C #5C2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#2C165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2C165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C165B

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C165B	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00245A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D2836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.116 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b558a',
    500: '#2c165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c165b;
$custom-light: #6b558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.278,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C165B

secondary

#76923B

accent

#E444B1

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C165B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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